The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-07-16
WoMAN's WATcHFUL EYE.

Women az Detectives Catch tho Salient
Features of a Face at u Glance.
One Of Pinkerton's old detectives recently
gave reporter some interesting facts about
finding persons by description.
"Men," said he, "as q rule, are not so close
observers us women, and do not give what l
call detective descriptions of persons. If YOU
ask man to describe person he gives a
general description that will suit a thousand
or so, having tho same color of air aud cves
remember trying to capture woman once
who was i'll league with some hiding counter
fciters Several men described her in n gem
eral way and watched carefully the train
she was supposed to como into the CITY on
every day. Ifound half dozen OH every
train that could hnvc answered the descrin.
tion. After week of failure and chagrin
found woman who hal seen her and knew
enough to give me II description. Her de-
scrlptlon had strong detective point, only
one, but enough. 1t was the peculiar wnv
the counterfeiter did up her hair. That en-.
brought me success the ncxt day, for l ar
rested the right woman, through womans
description. Another woman whom | ar
rested through description furnished by one
OF her own sex was recognized by the wav
She raised her eyelias. She had nlrty way
OF looking out of her eyes, and her Observing
sister OF course noticed thnt pecularity at
once.
The first thing that strikes II woman about
announcer person is almost invariably a salient
feature ana one which can be recognized
easily. Salient features arc not so ant I,
slflke n man; he Is less obScrvant. Once I
hunted mim with his right thumb Off for
Two weeks l saw him every day, but he
nad ialse thumb on, so did not know him.
but he was slick chap and most wonderful
II, assuming dSguScs. had him cornercd in
place once, us l thought, when middle
nSeu man came out and asked what was the
matter and wanted to know if he could hell,
me. l wanted his help and asked him to
stand ut u certain door. That was the last
of him that night. iIe was the man was
looking for AMI had cloverly disguised him.
self.
at is easy to find man when You have
once seen him and have his features indelibly
impressed upon your memory. But in 8
description you cannot SO easily transfer Tn,
photograph to anotllcr's mind. Only one
thing is necessary to say about persons in
order to identify them if it is i'll some promi
nent characteristic. II you will study Il
human face closely you will find it llns some
thing i'll it distinctive and different from,
OILERS. The thing is to describe it. Crooks
and criminals do not disguise much these
days; their gamo is to keep concealed out of
tho way of arrest. In Russia there is such n
system of espionage that nearly every man in
the empire has II correct description, written
OF him and entered upon the books of the
police. Even with this precauton thousands
OF Nlhllists escape detection. Stcpnak, the
Nlhillst, was fully known to the Russian DO
llce Yet he made his escape and lives hap.
PLY i'll London. Women in certain detective
work may do very well, but all around a man
is far superior. New York Mail and Ex.
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